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The United States of America has rejected reports that it is building a military base in Ghana. A statement by the US Embassy in Ghana said “the United States has not requested, nor does it plan to establish a military base

International record producer and rap recording artiste Ill Gee set to drop his 7th studio album on his 20th birthday on May 18, the rapper has been recently sighted flooding his social media with teasers for the upcoming project. The rapper

Over 100 Ghanaian migrants who were detained in Libya have returned to Ghana after harrowing experiences in the hands of the authorities of the Northern African country. The migrants who landed in Libya, mostly through the desert, told Starr News they

A total of 42 soldiers have been killed and some 202 soldiers injured since the start of “Operation Olive Branch” in Syria’s northwestern Afrin district, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ said on March 12 following a Cabinet

Former Libyan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Aref Al-Nayed, has announced his intentions to run for the country’s presidency, slated for later this year. In an interview with Egyptian newspaper Youm7 in Dubai, Al-Nayed said he is preparing an

A Nigerian politician has revealed that senators receive 13.5m naira [£27,000, $37,500] every month to use on expenses of their own choice. Shehu Sani, a senator for the governing All Progressives Congress [APC] party, said there is little accountability about how

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has served notice he will give impetus to his fight against corruption by impressing on Parliament to pass the Right to Information Bill (RTI) before it goes on recess. The RTI Bill has been gathering dust

Some soldiers and police officers in the Upper East region flexed muscles Sunday in a row over a military uniform. Tension mounted to an alarming peak where the police received strong orders amid war songs to unlock their arms depot in